The Stranger in France

The Stranger in France, by John
Carr

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Title: The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris
Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot.
Author: John Carr
Release Date: January 6, 2007 [EBook #20296]
Language: English
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THE STRANGER IN FRANCE:
OR, A TOUR FROM DEVONSHIRE TO PARIS.

ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS IN AQUA TINTA
OF SKETCHES, TAKEN ON THE SPOT,
BY
JOHN CARR, Esq.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, NO. 72, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD.
SOLD ALSO BY W. HANNAFORD, TOTNES.
Bryer, Printer, Bridge Street, Black Friars.
1803.

PREFACE.
The little tour which gave birth to the following remarks, was taken
immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of a peace,
necessary, but not inglorious to my country, after a contest unexampled
in its cause, calamity, extension, vicissitudes and glory; amidst a people
who, under the influence of a political change, hitherto unparallelled,
were to be approached as an order of beings, exhibiting a moral and
political form before but little known to themselves and to the world, in
the abrupt removal of habits and sentiments which had silently and

uninterruptedly taken deep root in the soil of ages.
During a separation of ten years, we have received very little account of
this extraordinary people, which could be relied upon. Dissimilar
sensations, excited by their principles and proceedings, ever partially
and irregularly known, have depicted unaccording representations of
them, and, in the sequel, have exhibited rather a high-coloured, fanciful
delineation, than a plain and faithful resemblance of the original. Many
are the persons who have been thus misled.
These fugitive sketches, in which an attempt is made to delineate, just
as they occurred, those scenes which, to my mind at least, were new
and interesting, were originally penned for the private perusal of those
whom I esteem; and by their persuasion they are now offered to the
public eye. Amongst them I must be permitted to indulge in the pride
and pleasure of enumerating William Hayley, esq. a name familiar and
dear to every elegant and polished mind. Enlightened by his
emendations, and supported by the cherishing spirit of his approval, I
approach, with a more subdued apprehension, the tribunal of public
opinion; and to my friends I dedicate this humble result of a short
relaxation from the duties of an anxious and laborious profession. If, by
submitting to their wishes, I have erred, I have only to offer, that it is
my first, and shall be my last offence.
Totnes, August, 1802. JOHN CARR.
[Symbol: right pointing index] The engravings which accompany this
work, are of sketches made on the spot by an untutored pencil, and are
introduced for the purpose of illustration only.

CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Torr Abbey.--Cap of Liberty.--Anecdote of English Prejudice.--Fire
Ships.--Southampton River.--Netley Abbey. page 1.

CHAPTER II.
French Emigrants.--Scene on the Quay of Southampton.--Sail for
Havre.--Aged French Priest.--Their respectable Conduct in
England.--Their Gratitude.--Make the Port of Havre.--Panic of the
Emigrants.--Landing described.--Hôtel de la Paix.--Breakfast
Knife.--Municipality. p. 6.
CHAPTER III.
Passports procured.--Coins.--Town of
Havre.--Carts.--Citoyen.--Honfleur.--Deserters.--Prefect de
Marine.--Ville de Sandwich.--French Farmers.--Sir Sydney
Smith.--Catherine de Medicis.--Light Houses.--Rafts. p. 20.
CHAPTER IV.
Cheap travelling to Paris.--Diligences.--French Postilions.--Spanish
Postilions.--Norman Horses.--Bolbec.--Natives of
Caux.--Ivetot.--Return of Religion.--Santerre.--Jacobin.--The
Mustard-pot.--National Property. p. 31.
CHAPTER V.
A female french fib.--Military and Civil Procession.--Madame G.--The
Review.--Mons. l'Abbé.--Bridge of Boats.--The
Quay.--Exchange.--Theatre.--Rouen.--Cathedral.--St. Ouens.--Prince
of Waldec.--Maid of Orleans. p. 40.
CHAPTER VI.
First Consul's Advertisement.--Something ridiculous.--Eggs.--Criminal
Military Tribunal.--French Female Confidence.--Town
House.--Convent of Jesuits.--Guillotine.--Governor W----. p. 50.
CHAPTER VII.

Filial Piety.--St. Catharine's Mount.--Madame Phillope.--General
Ruffin's Trumpet.--Generosity.--Love Infectious.--Masons and
Gardeners. p. 62.
CHAPTER VIII.
Early dinner.--Mante.--Frost.--Duke de Sully.--Approach the
Capital.--Norman Barrier.--Paris.--Hôtel de Rouen.--Palais Royal. p.
72.
CHAPTER IX.
French Reception.--Voltaire.--Restaurateur.--Consular
Guard.--Music.--Venetian Horses.--Gates of the Palace.--Gardens of
the Thuilleries.--Statues.--The faithful Vase.--The Sabine
Picture.--Monsieur Perrègaux.--Marquis de Chatelet.--Madame
Perrègaux.--Beaux and Belles of Paris. p. 79.
CHAPTER X.
Large Dogs.--A Plan for becoming quickly acquainted with
Paris.--Pantheon.--Tombs of Voltaire and Rousseau.--Politeness of an
Emigrant.--The Beauty of France.--Beauty evanescent.--Place de
Carousel.--Infernal
Machine.--Fouché.--Seine.--Washerwomen.--Fisherwomen.--Baths. p.
90.
CHAPTER XI.
David.--Place de la Concorde.--L'Église de
Madeleine.--Print-shops.--Notre Dame.--Museum or